National Affairs: A Matter of Life & Death

In Washington a citizens' commission headed by RCA's Board Chairman
David Sarnoff let fly last week with a roundhouse punch at the U.S.
military establishment. In a report to Defense Secretary Charles E.
Wilson, the Sarnoff Commission (formal title: the Citizens Advisory
Commission on Manpower Utilization in the Armed Services) recommended
"an overall reduction of at least 10% in men, money and matériel . . . in
the operations of the Department of Defense." Such a cut, said the
commission, "can be achieved . . . without diminishing the required
combat effectiveness of...